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S01E07

Dr Nina Shapiro—Paediatrics and medical myths

Duration: 56:29

Uploaded: July 20, 2020

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About Dr Nina Shapiro

Dr Nina Shapiro is a pediatrician who is the Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology and a Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

She is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and Cornell University and has spent more than two decades working in clinical and academic medicine. She has become known as the “go-to physician” in Los Angeles and around the world, with many international patients seeking her out for treatment when they have challenging cases that can’t be resolved in their own countries.

Dr. Shapiro is also the author of ‘HYPE: A Doctor’s Guide to Medical Myths, Exaggerated Claims and Bad Advice’, and two other books. She writes regularly for several notable publications and has appeared on various talk shows to discuss medicine. Her views have been published in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, NPR and BBC.

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Check our Dr. Nina Shapiro’s website here and her UCLA profile here.

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